TIL in 1914 Henry Ford doubled his worker's wages out of pocket, causing wages to rise competitively nation wide.

He profited as sales increased now that many more Americans could afford his Model T...was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. Contrary to popular belief, Ford did not invent the automobile nor did he invent the assembly line.
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